[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18042]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   STOP THE TAXING ON SMALL BUSINESS

  (Mr. BUCHANAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. BUCHANAN. Madam Speaker, this past week I held a town hall 
meeting in North Port, Florida. More than 300 people showed up.
  A common theme at the forum was that the government should not 
nationalize health care. My constituents don't want a one-size-fits-all 
system where bureaucrats choose your treatments and doctors. My 
constituents want to make their own medical choices.
  Some in Congress are rushing to bring a complex and far-reaching 
health care bill to the House floor within the next 2 weeks. This plan 
has numerous challenges in it.
  First, it imposes an 8 percent tax on small businesses who don't 
offer health insurance to their employees. Most of these family-run 
businesses want to offer health care insurance but can't afford it. 
It's an 8 percent tax not on profit but on overhead. It becomes 
overhead. It's an 8 percent expense.
  How does taxing small business help us get out of the worst economic 
recession in more than a century? This is a job killer, not a job 
creator.
  Let's work together and make it better for small business and stop 
the taxing on small business.

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